Jun-seong.
Do you take me for a pushover?
One winter day when I was in middle school...
I had this conversation with my parents.
Min-woo.
You may not have realized it,
but you were born into a family
that is more wealthy than others.
That's why you get to live in a fine house in a nice neighborhood
and attend great schools surrounded by good people.
But,
this world isn't just full of good people.
In this world...
There are a hundred times more bad people than good...
No. A thousand times more.
Really?
That is why
I've decided to send you to a regular high school.
Gosh, it's hot.
- This is so delicious. - It's good.
Is your dad really a chairman, Min-woo?
- No. - Hey, don't lie!
- We've heard everything. - Don't lie.
What are you, then?
- Your family must be loaded. - I'll have one more, Min-woo.
- Can we have more sundae and tteokbokki? - Don't we have some left?
Things will be
completely different there.
Your classmates might even attack you at times.
Min-woo.
Where have you been?
- The first floor. - I see.
Can you lend me 30,000 won?
I'll pay you back.
Being wealthier than others
doesn't mean that you have to be giving all the time.
- You need 30,000 won? - Yes.
If someone tries to take advantage of your wealth,
you must show them
that you're not to be messed with.
But who are you?
Dealing with such people
toughened me up bit by bit.
Here's one thing that you must always keep in mind.
Don't ever let anyone push you around.
And thus,
I'm not the Park Min-woo that I used to be.
I'm not weak.
No one can ever mess with me.
That's what I thought.
That's what I believed.
I guess I still have a long way to go.
YOO SEUNG-HO
KIM DONG-HWI
YOO SU-BIN
and LEE JOO-YOUNG
THE DEAL
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STUDENT RECORD CHA SU-AN
2021, WRITTEN TEST PASSED FITNESS TEST FAILED
2022, CURRENT YEAR FITNESS TEST PASSED
People rarely get a perfect score on the fitness test.
You must have worked hard.
You've been preparing for it for so long,
so I'm not worried about your interview.
- Are you still doing the community patrol? - Yes.
You'll get extra points for mentioning that during your interview
since that's also a part of police work.
I've been reviewing the previous interview questions,
but the group interview worries me.
Isn't your brother in the force?
Doesn't he give you any pointers?
He wouldn't have any.
- I don't expect much from him. - Why not?
They never should have accepted him in the first place.
CHA JAE-GYEONG
Ma'am.
That's him.
This is ridiculous.
I have better things to do.
You've kidnapped me?
Stop joking around and untie me.
This isn't funny at all.
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This is not a joke.
Don't be ridiculous, Jun-seong!
Jun-seong!
You carried me on your back last night.
I remember that much, at least.
Untie me right now.
You don't know who I am.
You have been kidnapped.
Hey.
You're pushing me over my limit.
This is your last reminder.
If you don't stay silent,
you'll be put in grave danger.
Fuck you.
Fuck you, you pieces of shit!
- Let go of me! - Hey!
Let me go, you jerk!
You bastard!
Let go!
Let go of me!
Hey!
So it really is you, Jun-seong.
I recognize your cheap cologne.
I can smell it, you moron.
Darn it.
Hey.
What do you think you're doing?
You better get things straight.
We have no intention of releasing you, no matter what you say.
Do you understand?
Hey.
You just said "we."
What the...
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♪ Green octopus, blue octopus, purple octopus ♪
♪ Brown octopus, white octopus, black octopus ♪
♪ Pink octopus, navy octopus, gray octopus ♪
What about Director Hwang?
He's there on site.
One, two, three.
- We can do it! - We can do it!
Thank you for everything, Director.
I should be thanking you, Mr. Yu.
Don't mention it.
Welcome.
What's this?
Move.
Get out of my way!
Mr. Cho.
It's been a while, ma'am.
To what do I owe this pleasure?
My son...
has been kidnapped.
Your best course of action
would be to report it to the police
or to hire a competent private investigator.
I could introduce you to someone if you'd like.
That'd be the only thing I could do for you.
One more thing.
Don't ever come to see me again like this
over something that isn't business-related.
I'm warning you.
Give my regards to your late husband.
Shouldn't I be the one issuing such a warning?
If that's an ultimatum, I should be the one giving it to you.
If you don't help me,
I'll go to the police directly.
I'll tell them
that the director of the Youth Baseball Federation
runs an illegal sports betting operation
and that we're working together.
I'll tell them everything.
Are you threatening me now?
Not at all.
I'm giving you an order.
The choice is yours to make.
You could either go down
with a mother who has lost her son
or not.
Get the details of her son and handle it
before that cow loses it and spills the beans.
SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING
HEAVIER SENTENCE TO BE EXPECTED FOR KIDNAPPERS OF MINORS
Damn it.
Where are you going?
I have classes.
Now?
What about it?
What's different now?
He knows everything.
How will you handle it?
He might suspect us for now,
but he'll believe us in time.
Jun-seong.
When it comes to humans,
our emotions trump reason at all times.
That's how our brains are programmed.
What I'm saying is,
even if he suspects us now,
he'll buy our story sooner or later.
Does that mean...
he won't know that it's us?
Exactly.
Damn it.
Why do you have to be so logical?
So?
When will you get his mom to pay up?
Let's wait for a few days.
I'm sure she's in a dilemma right now too.
What sort of dilemma?
Whether to report it to the police or not.
That's also an important issue for us.
I'll get going.
I have something really important today, so I have to go.
Excuse me.
Me?
Cops visited your place last night, right?
That's right. And?
I was the one who reported you.
I see.
We made a ruckus, didn't we?
I'm sorry about that. It won't happen again.
That's not it.
I don't think
you understood me.
All the noise you make...
can be heard in my unit.
What exactly did you hear?
Something breaking.
Something crashing.
Come on!
People exchanging blows and screaming.
You little...
In other words,
I heard people fighting to the death.
Did you hear a sob, too?
A friend of mine cried a river.
Of course.
Men shouldn't cry like that.
It's so off-putting.
No one cried.
What was that?
Sorry? It was nothing.
I get what you mean.
I'll be more careful going forward.
Who does he think he's talking to?
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
APPLICATION FOR APPEAL
Where do I submit this form?
What is it?
An appeal form against disciplinary action.
The seal is missing here.
It needs to be stamped.
I need approval from one of the professors
to dispute the decision they made?
Yes.
Why is that?
That's just how the rules are.
Technically speaking, it wasn't their decision.
It was the school's.
But the professors...
It's the professors who make up
the school's disciplinary committee.
You still need their seal of approval.
You may be tested on the structure of the skin,
so remember to revise that. That will be all.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Good job today.
What do you want?
I need your seal.
APPLICATION OF APPEAL
I don't have my seal right now. Come back later.
When? I need it now.
Come back later.
I'm in a rush, sir.
Please stamp it now.
I don't have my seal with me.
Set up an appointment first, and I'll stamp it for you.
I don't have time for that when I'm about to be expelled.
APPLICATION OF APPEAL
Take it.
What is it? Do you need something else?
- Professor Cho. - Yes?
You know that I wasn't in on it alone, right?
I mean,
I'll admit that I organized the cheating ring,
but it was a group effort.
Other students organized it for other subjects.
Why am I the only one getting expelled?
Why am I being expelled
when other students only got held back or suspended?
You were the only one who got caught.
The others didn't.
But I submitted the messages and emails as evidence.
Jae-hyo.
This is a school. We're not an investigative body.
You cheated on an online exam
and were caught by the professor in charge.
You even admitted it on the spot.
Those are the facts.
We don't know anything about the evidence you gave us.
Even if such events occurred,
no one was caught.
Jae-hyo.
How many times do I have to tell you?
File a lawsuit if you feel so wronged.
Don't bother making appeals
and dragging the department's name through the mud.
Let's go.
How much do you need?
What?
Moon Sang-hwi,
Park Hyun-woo,
and Jung Hyun-jin.
Their parents paid you and the school off.
I know that, too.
You insolent punk...
Would 500 million be enough?
PROFESSOR CHO JAE-HWANG
DAD
What is it?
SILBI RESTAURANT
Dad.
- Hey, Jun-seong. - Hi.
- Goodness. Is that you, Jun-seong? - Hello.
It's been a while.
Have you been well?
- You're a man now. - Come on.
You're hard to get a hold of.
I know.
What's the rush, anyhow?
Well,
they're looking for catering at a construction site nearby.
I'll be back soon. It won't take long.
Okay. I can't stay for long, though.
I told you.
I'll be busy for a while.
Doing what? Did you get a job?
No.
I'm just helping someone out.
Who are you helping?
Did you get a girlfriend?
How would I get a girlfriend?
I don't have one.
All right.
I get it can be frustrating, but hang in there.
If this catering job goes well,
I'll open up another restaurant for you.
All right? I'll get going.
See you.
Jun-seong.
Yes?
Take your dad to see a doctor when you're free.
He has frequent stomachaches.
His name is Park Min-woo.
The last call made from his phone was traced to Sillim-dong.
And the little punk
used his credit card in Hyoseong-dong yesterday afternoon.
It was for a company-owned taxi.
The license plate is "23B 4572."
There aren't any more transactions after that.
I'm looking for 4572. That's 5545.
Four-five-seven-two.
Twenty-three B...
Twenty-three B, four--
That's 4572.
I've found it.
Hello, sir.
Do you drive this taxi?
- Why do you ask? - I just have a few questions.
Yesterday afternoon-- Gosh, that startled me.
Sir!
Give me a moment.
I'll pay you back by next week.
I'm not a debt collector.
Relax.
What's this about?
Around 6 p.m. yesterday,
did you pick up a man in his early twenties?
A man?
Don't you remember him?
I'm not sure.
If you tell me the truth,
I'll reward you.
How much?
The entire amount you owe today.
It was around 5:40 p.m.
I picked him up at the Dorim intersection.
- Hello. - Hello.
Hyoseong-dong rodeo, please.
Didn't he call or contact anyone?
He didn't call anyone,
but he seemed to be texting.
One more thing.
He said he was running late and asked me to hurry.
That's all I remember.
I don't have anything else. I swear.
Why did he run anyway all of a sudden?
We can't get his text messages, right?
Do you mean his mobile messenger records?
Yes.
We'd need his phone to do that.
Or a warrant.
How about we do this instead?
Why don't we go looking for him
from the point where his phone died?
- Where? - Sillim-dong, obviously.
That's where college students live.
A lot of students rent places there.
Excuse me, sir. Could you speed it up a bit?
- Sure. - Thank you.
He must've been meeting someone he knew.
A friend.
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♪ Green octopus, blue octopus, purple octopus ♪
♪ Brown octopus, white octopus, black octopus ♪
LULLABY FOR CHILDREN 'OCTOPUS SONG' 10 HOURS
♪ Although we have different colors ♪
♪ We are all good friends ♪
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Let's go get drunk.
What should we get? Sashimi?
Let's have some meat.
My dad's meeting the professor today.
- Tell your parents, too. - Why am I getting suspended?
I paid them a fortune.
Hey, Jae-hyo.
I'm sorry.
What for?
What?
Hey.
What are you sorry about?
SILLIM-DONG COMMUNITY PATROL LOG
Here you go.
Isn't today your day off after night duty?
That's right. It's my day off,
but some heroic officer fired a Taser out of the blue.
Someone fired a Taser in this part of town?
Who was it? And where?
Where else but the college town in your neighborhood?
We were dispatched because of a noise complaint,
but these two guys went ballistic.
Officer Kang and I had to bring them here in cuffs.
I applied here hoping it would be quiet since it's near a college,
but not a single day goes by in peace.
Wasn't there another man with them?
- What? - I mean,
you said you brought in two men in cuffs.
Weren't there three men there?
There weren't.
I only saw two.
COMMUNITY PATROL
Hey, honey.
Can we check the security camera footage without your mom knowing?
UNKNOWN CALLER
Contact from now on
will be made from an untraceable number.
Do not panic because of it.
What?
What's this?
Darn it.
Hello?
I told you not to contact anyone,
didn't I?
I don't follow.
I told you not to go to the police.
Did you not hear me?
What parent would go to the police
when their child has been kidnapped?
I didn't share this with anyone.
We have our eye on you at every moment.
Don't you forget it.
Of course not.
Excuse me.
What about Min-woo?
Is he doing well? Is he okay?
Yes. He's doing fine.
Let's talk about his ransom.
Can you prepare one billion won
in cash by tomorrow?
Try to buy some time when they bring up the money.
Buy as much time as you can.
Tomorrow's too soon.
I'd need at least three days.
I'll do my best to get it ready in two days.
Get it done by tomorrow.
I want the full amount in 50,000-won bills.
Otherwise,
Min-woo's a dead man.
I need...
Jeez.
WHAT DID YOU JUST ASK FOR?
What did you just ask for?
My medicine...
Medicine?
PRETENDING TO BE SICK WON'T WORK
Thank you for walking me home.
- It was nothing. Go inside. - Good night.
This is patrol three. One woman went home safely.
We'll head back to the station.
Let's take the back alley on our way.
To patrol? Sounds great.
SONG JAE-HYO
The person you have called--
Damn it.
COMMUNITY PATROL
Hello?
Damn it.
Aren't you coming?
I'm coming.
Where is he?
Jae-hyo.
Long time no see.
PUSHOVER